Spiral Awards

Spiral Earth is an amazing UK folk website that we follow pretty religiously here at Timber and Steel. There focus is really on the contemporary and traditional side of folk music rather than “nu-folk” but their taste can’t be faulted. Each year they announce the Spiral Awards and this year’s winners include some familiar names like ahab, James Fagan, The Bad Shepherds and everyone’s favourite from the previous year June Tabor & Oysterband.

The full list of winners is below:

BEST ALBUMRagged Kingdom – June Tabor & Oysterband

BEST INSTRUMENTAL ALBUMMystery Inch – Damien O’Kane & David Kosky

BEST DEBUT – ALBUM OR PERFORMANCELady Diamond – Bryony Griffith & Will Hampson

BEST MALE SINGER
James Fagan

BEST FEMALE SINGER
June Tabor

BEST DUO
O’Hooley & Tidow

BEST GROUP
ahab

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“(Britain Is a) Car Park” – Eliza Carthy

BEST LIVE ACT
Adrian Edmondson and the Bad Shepherds

AMERICANA – BEST ALBUM OR PERFORMANCETales From The Weeping Willow – Naomi Bedford